The Inside Track: Our AI Future
The Autonomous Racer’s Cookbook With Simon Hoffmann
March 26, 2024 · 28 min
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The engineer who led TUM to the first Indy Autonomous Challenge win explains how they built a driverless racer from scratch.
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In this episode
- How TUM became the first winners of the Indy Autonomous Challenge
- The obstacles they cleared to get an autonomous car on track
- How engineers diagnose and discuss car behavior without a driver
- What a repeatable process for autonomous racing actually looks like
About this episode
Today, on the inside track, we get a chance to look at how the autonomous motorsports team from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has been writing a manual for the world of autonomous racing. To help explain the process, Simon Hoffmann, the leader of the TUM team, sits down with us to discuss how they became the first-ever winners of the Indy Autonomous challenge, some of the obstacles they overcame to get their car on the track, and how the team is able to have real-time conversations about the car without driver feedback.
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About The Inside Track: Our AI Future
The Inside Track is a weekly podcast where your host, Ryan Myrehn, and his guests explore the limitless possibilities of AI and emerging tech and its evolving role in sports, media, and entertainment.
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